"Frozen Beauty"

6 pgs. Appeared first time B&W in Creepy #36 (1970). Reprinted B&W in Eerie #86 (1977) and B&W in Creepy Archives Volume #7 (2010).
Story/Art: Richard Corben (signed as Corben). Lettered by hand (Warren).

BR BR: as "Gélida beleza" in Kripta #28 (1978).
DK DK: as "Frossen skønhed" in Gru #17 (1973), and as "Den kølige skønhed" in Historier om hekse og varulve (1985).
FIN FIN: as "Jäätynyt kauneus" in Shokki #36 (6/75).
FRA FRA: as "Belle de glace" in Creepy [FRA] "annual serie" #29 and Une femme bafouée (1982).
GER GER: as "Frostige Schönheit" in Vampirella [GER] #4 (1982) and Vampirella [GER] Sammelband #1.
NL NL: as "Bevroren Schoonheld" in Creepy [NL] #7 (1982) and Weerwolf.
SPA SPA: as "Una fría belleza" in Delta #2 and Vampus #8 (1972).
SWE SWE: as "Frusen skönhet" in Chock 2/75.
TUR TUR: as "İntikam" in Korku 10/1971.

Style: B&W zipatone. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Ancient past. Nudity: Voluptuous, clothed girls.
Keywords: Magic. Betrayal. Cannibalism. Cousin Creepy/Uncle Eerie.
Synopsis: A rich but ugly countess Maleva wants to steel a girl's beauty. She forces sorcerer Darman to do the spell, and as a reward she jails him into a cave with dead frozen beauty.
Comment: Brilliant artwork and storytelling by Corben. Ugly Maleva is specially "goodlooking".
Alternatives: In a place of Cousin Creepy they put Uncle Eerie (in Eerie version, because prob. there was Cousin Creepy in original story, I haven't seen), which is not drawn by Richard Corben.

Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!,
Created: Setempber 4, 1997. Modified: January 30, 2012.